Ambiguity, Uncertainty and Implementation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13138317 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kristin Taylor (0000-0003-4809-4846, Wayne State University, corresponding author), Stephanie Zarb (Wayne State University), Nathan Jeschke (0000-0002-3646-0928, Wayne State University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Review of Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2679-3873 • E-ISSN: 2706-6274 |
| Publisher | International Public Policy Association (PUBLISHER • FR) |
| DOI | 10.4000/irpp.1638 |
| OpenAlex | W3154583681 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 33 |
In policy implementation the roles of ambiguity and uncertainty have been theorized but insufficiently tested. This study contributes to the policy process literature by arguing that ambiguity and uncertainty are two sides of the same coin in implementation. Their effects are linked to the credibility of policy, the clarity of goals, and agency capacity. We analyze ambiguity and uncertainty through the lens of post-disaster policy in local government using primary qualitative data from 22 local government officials across 8 counties and 6 cities that were affected by Hurricane Harvey. We find that the credibility of a policy is evaluated separately from the credibility of the formulator; experience moderates the effects of ambiguity; and uncertainty in implementation has a similar effect as ambiguity and is not lessened with more information. The distinction between the political manipulation of ambiguous circumstances and the rational, technocratic approach to gathering more information to reduce uncertainty may be less clear than previously considered
Agency (philosophy · Ambiguity · CLARITY · Credibility · Economics · Government (linguistics · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Process (computing · Social science · Sociology · Technocracy · Computer Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Policy and Administration Research
Uneven local implementation of federal policy after disaster
Individual Uncertainty and Policy Compliance During the Covid‐19 Pandemic
Toward a framework of ambiguity
The Polysemy of Skills
A rainbow Hurricane
Estimating the effect of policy entrepreneurship on individual vaccination behavior during the Covid‐19 pandemic
Policy learning and change during crisis
Policy shifts and drifts
Conceptualising organisational policy learning
Analysing the contextual factors that promote and constrain policy learning in local government
The strategy of venue creation
Blame avoidance and the implementation of ambiguity in Canadian cannabis legalization
Challenges to implementation of Indigenous public policies
Hello darkness my old friend
Bridging the science-policy divide in Bhutan's agriculture sector
Order Without Design
Bounded Rationality and Organizational Learning
The Multiple Streams Framework
Impacts of Federal and State Hazard Mitigation Policies on Local Land Use Policy
Public management and organizational performance
Rational Choice and Policy Implementation
The Policy Implementation Process
Capacity Building toward Resilience
Themes and Variations
Ambiguity and choice in European public policy
Traceable Tasks and Complex Policies
Policy Regime Perspectives
Policies that Succeed and Programs that Fail
Political Commitment, Policy Ambiguity, and Corporate Environmental Practices
From There to Here
Does Policy Learning Meet the Standards of an Analytical Framework of the Policy Process
Using the Multiple Streams Framework to Connect Policy Adoption to Implementation
Policy Learning and Failure
Synthesizing the Implementation Literature
Agency at the Managerial Interface
Politicians, Managers, and Street-Level Bureaucrats
Bounded Rationality and Political Science
Understanding the persistence of policy failures
The Thesis of Incongruent Implementation
Policy Failure and Policy Learning
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |